160-foot Buddha in the video towers over crowds, almost as much as another 300-foot Buddha in eastern China does. In 2002, the tallest statue in the world - the 500-foot Spring Temple Buddha - was unveiled in China. It is almost 200 feet taller than the Statue of Liberty!

Hector Remarkable:160-foot Buddha in the video towers over crowds, almost as much as another 300-foot Buddha in eastern China does. In 2002, the tallest statue in the world - the 500-foot Spring Temple Buddha - was unveiled in China. It is almost 200 feet taller than the Statue of Liberty!

This is pretty impressive, when you consider they were destroying ancient Buddha statues and other priceless national treasures, as late as the seventies, because the communist thought it was the best way to progress into the future.

Abacus9:Alonjar: The hilarious part is that they are doing it entirely for tourist dollars, and not for religion.

Money is the religion of China.

If only Americans could understand how very similar our cultures are.

Yet Americans still think of China as communist. Go figure.

/Buddha was from India, so...

Did you know that Chinese government doesn't have a military. The entire armed forces of their country are under the complete control of the communist party. Thing is, neither the Chinese Communist Party, or the Russian Communist Party, when it ruled Russia, where ever interested in being actual communist. Sure, they love talking about the poor workers, and how they are the best thing for them since sliced bread, but in reality, it has always been about stealing as much much money from everyone who is not in the communist party, and giving said money to the communist officials. That's why the Communist Parties in those countries spend so much time destroying culture relics, and murdering teachers, they have to make it look like they are fighting the imaginary enemies, so no one realizes they are the corrupt overlords they spend so much time warning about.

Some Coke Drinking Guy:Abacus9: Alonjar: The hilarious part is that they are doing it entirely for tourist dollars, and not for religion.

Money is the religion of China.

If only Americans could understand how very similar our cultures are.

Yet Americans still think of China as communist. Go figure.

/Buddha was from India, so...

Did you know that Chinese government doesn't have a military. The entire armed forces of their country are under the complete control of the communist party. Thing is, neither the Chinese Communist Party, or the Russian Communist Party, when it ruled Russia, where ever interested in being actual communist. Sure, they love talking about the poor workers, and how they are the best thing for them since sliced bread, but in reality, it has always been about stealing as much much money from everyone who is not in the communist party, and giving said money to the communist officials. That's why the Communist Parties in those countries spend so much time destroying culture relics, and murdering teachers, they have to make it look like they are fighting the imaginary enemies, so no one realizes they are the corrupt overlords they spend so much time warning about.

Hey, I wasn't defending them. The Chinese government can kiss my ass. That said, everything you said about the Soviet government was from the writings of Ayn Rand. Their current government is no better. And, your first two sentences contradict each other.